Lisses

Lisses
The town hall in Lisses
Lisses
Location within Île-de-France region Lisses
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Évry
Canton	Évry-Sud
Intercommunality	Évry Centre Essonne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Lafon
Area1	10.40 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	6,960
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	91340 / 91090
Elevation	38–89 m (125–292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lisses (French pronunciation: ​[lis]) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

One of the main landmarks of the town is the Dame du Lac, a man-made architectural climbing structure in the Parc du Lac (Park of the Lake), which is commonly used to practice parkour on, but is currently closed to the public, due to individuals injured while climbing the landmark.

Origin of the city name

The name origin of this commune is not well known. One hypothesis is that Lisses is coming from the latin Licia villa, as the initial village developed around the Lisses estate. Another hypothesis is that Lisses has [German language|German] origins: Listja, meaning barrier. This commune was created in 1793 under its current name.

Twin city

Lisses is partnered with Aue-Fallstein in Germany.

Lisses in art and culture

• The name of this commune is used to identify a rest area on the A6 motorway.
• Lisses was used to shoot Ariel Zeitoun's 2001 film Yamakasi (film), featuring the parkour group of the same name.
• Lisses is the creation place of the "Parkour sport" created by David Belle in 1990

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Essonne Association (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• Mérimée database – Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)